Jeff,
I have had my dog run the same heron off time after time. I have made loud noises, etc. etc. only to have one fly off a little ways and wait me out -- whether it be in a tall tree or in the nearby cornfield. Then the bird is back. I have used strings placed along the shore to discourage them. I have very steep banks they are not supposed to be able to feed on. Wrong! They are a very adaptive and clever bird. In many ways I respect them. I believe if they have found a good thing they will be back. And considering we can't always be there...
I have them fly over at a pretty good height and believe they are good at scaning an area and are probably always scouting for new areas. And of course being as territorial as they are, when they reproduce the offspring have to move to new territories.
I know a fish farmer that shoots them on a regular basis. He says one always takes the place of the killed heron within a days or weeks. Never fails.
Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 11/07/07 07:31 PM.
